Self-cleaning currycomb.



H. J. KLEPPE.

SELF CLEANING CURRYCOMB.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2. 1916.

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Speccation of Letters Patent.

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Application led October, 1916. Serial N o. 123,433.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN J. KLEPPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norway, in the county of Benton, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Cleaning Currycombs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in curry combs, and has for its object to provide a device of this character so constructed that the teeththereof can be conveniently cleaned.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curry comb so constructed that upon actuating a spring pressed bolt the teeth will be simultaneously scraped to remove the dirt and hair which collects thereon during the currying operation.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. et is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one end portion of the back plate and illustrating the transverse series of rectangular openings.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing one end portion of the series of cleaner plates with their connecting strips.

As shown in the drawings, the curry comb includes a back plate 1 having its front and rear edge portions bent downwardly and toothed as shown at 2. Secured to the under side of the plate l, between and parallel with the portions 2 and in spaced relation are inverted U-shaped plates each including sides 2 and a connecting web 15, the sides 2 having their lower edges toothed as shown.

At each end of the back plate 1 there is provided a transverse series of rectangular openings 3, illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the openings being continued through the webs l5, and the openings of the plate being separated by bars 4.

The toothed portions are equally spaced and between each pair is disposed an inverted U-shaped plate including side members 7 and a connecting web 6. These last named plates are the cleaner members of the curry comb and they are disposed with their side members 7 contacting closely with the side spaces of the toothed members 2 and 2 so that when the cleaner members are forced downwardly asin the direction of the toothed edges of the members 2 and 2 they will force from them all accumulations of foreign matter.

4In order that the cleaner plates may be operated simultaneously, the web portions 6 of all of the plates are connected near each end by a transverse metal strip including upwardly directed arches 9 and connecting flat portions 10. The flat portions 10 are riveted directly upon the web portions 6 of the cleaner plates and lie in registration with the openings 3 while the arches 9 spring over the bars 4. Thus when the series of cleaner plates is depressed, the arch portions move downwardly of the bars 4 and receive the latter.

To depress the. cleaner plates, a headed plunger 11 is passed downwardly through a perforation 10 formed centrally of the plate 1 and engaged through a corresponding perforation in the web portions 6 of the middle cleaner plate, nuts as illustrated in Fig. 2 being engaged upon the plunger both above and below this middle cleaner plate to fix the plunger thereto. A helical spring 12 is disposed upon the plunger between its head and the plate 1 and serves to hold the plunger with the cleaner plate al- Ways so as to expose the toothed edges of the members 2.

What is Claimed is A curry Comb vcomprising a back plate having depending toothed members and having at each end a transverse series of openings and resultant separating bars, cleaner members alternatingv With the toothed members, strips connecting the,

cleaner members and including'arched por tions bridging the bars, means connected With one of the cleaner members for actuating them in one direction and resilient means returning the cleaner members after olepression of the said actuating means.

In testimony whereof, I aiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMAN J. KLEPPE. vWitnesses:

AUSTIN KLEPPE, N. A. THOMAS.

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

